June 14, 1918] 



SCIENCE 



583 



I attended the meeting of the board ou Wed- 

 nesday last, and protested most strongly 

 against the discourtesy the subcommittee has 

 displayed towards our Allies and the neutral 

 countries concerned in the enterprise. 



It is unnecessary to dwell on the special 

 need at the present time of maintaining and 

 cementing relationships that have been so 

 happily established, and to comment further on 

 the unhappy policy adumbrated by the sub- 

 committee. 



PRIZES OFFERED BY THE AMERICAN FISHER- 

 IES SOCIETY 



It is announced in tlie Fisheries Service 

 Bulletin that in order to develop interest in 

 fish culture and related subjects, and to stimu- 

 late expression regarding them, the American 

 Fisheries Society has, through its president 

 and executive committee, decided to offer three 

 prizes of $100 each to be awarded at its meet- 

 ing in New York state in September, 1918, as 

 follows : 



1. For the best contribution on fish culture; 

 either new or improved practical fish-cultural 

 appliances, or a description of methods em- 

 ployed in the advancement of fish-cultural 

 work. 



2. For the best contribution on biological 

 investigations applied to fish-cultural problems. 



3. For the best contribution dealing with 

 the problems of the commercial fisheries. 



A committee of three members of the so- 

 ciety, one a practical fish-culturist, one a sci- 

 entist, and one a practical commercial fisher- 

 man, to be appointed by the president, will 

 pass upon the material submitted. The con- 

 ditions governing the competition are as fol- 

 lows: 



1. Any person who is a member of the 

 society, or who duly qualifies as a member 

 prior to September 1, 1918, may compete for 

 the awards. 



2. Each competitor is to notify the secre- 

 tary of the society, John T. Titcomb, state 

 fish-culturist, Albany, N. Y., before September 

 1 of the particular prize for which he intends 

 to compete. 



3. Each paper or exhibit offered in competi- 

 tion is to be in the custody of the secretary 



of the society on or before September 3, 1918. 



4. Each device, apparatus, process, or 

 method offered for an award is to be presented 

 by a sample, model, or illustrated description, 

 each to be accompanied by a complete state- 

 ment of the points for which an award is 

 asked. 



The society is to reserve the right to pub- 

 lish any papers or photographs submitted in 

 comi>etition prior to their publication else- 

 where; provided, however, that in the event 

 of failure to publish within nine months after 

 the meeting the author will be at liberty to 

 publish when and where he may elect. 



5. The committee appointed by the presi- 

 dent is to determine the competitors who are 

 entitled to awards, and the decision of the 

 committee is to be final. 



6. In order to obtain additional information 

 if desired the committee may call before it 

 persons who may have entered the competition, 

 and also other persons. 



7. The committee is to make its final rejKjrt 

 to the society not later than the morning 

 session of the third day of the meeting. 



THE MEDALS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF LONDON 



At the anual meeting of the society on Feb- 

 ruary 15, the president, Dr. Alfred Harker, 

 handed the Wollaston Medal, awarded to Dr. 

 Charles Doolittle Walcott, to Mr. "William H. 

 Buckler, attache to the Embassy of the United 

 States of America in London for transmission 

 to the recipient, addressing him as follows : 



The Wollaston Medal, the highest honor at the 

 disposal of this society, is conferred upon Dr. 

 Charles Doolittle Walcott in recognition of his 

 eminent services to geology and paleontology, more 

 particularly among the older fossiliferous rocks of 

 North America. While his administrative work, 

 both on the United States Geological Survey and 

 at the Smithsonian Institution, has done much for 

 science in his own country, his personal researches 

 have excited interest and admiration wherever 

 geology is cultivated. 



He has made important contributions to the 

 history of the Algonkian formations, and his dis- 

 coveries lead us to hope that the less altered of 

 those ancient sediments may ultimately yield more 

 abundant and definite relics of pre-Cambrian life. 



